Meanings
adjectivehairless (not comparable)
- not comparableBald.
There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island. Growing up, bald men were never the superheroes and always the villains.
2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivehaving no hair or fur
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Origin
From hair + -less. Piecewise doublet of hair loss. Cognate with German haarlos.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَجْرَد
- أَجْرَد (ʔajrad)destitute of hair
Bulgarian неокосмен, без коса
- неокосмен (neokosmen)destitute of hair
- без коса (bez kosa)destitute of hair
Chinese Mandarin 無毛 /无毛
- 無毛 /无毛 (wúmáo)destitute of hair
Czech bezvlasý
- bezvlasýdestitute of hair
Dutch onbehaard
- onbehaarddestitute of hair
Finnish karvaton
- karvatondestitute of hair
French glabre
- glabredestitute of hair
German haarlos, unbehaart
- haarlosdestitute of hair
- unbehaartdestitute of hair
Greek σπανός
- σπανός (spanós)destitute of hair
Hungarian szőrtelen
- szőrtelendestitute of hair
Japanese 無毛
- 無毛 (mumō)destitute of hair
Latin glaber
- glaberdestitute of hair
Persian بیمو
- بیمو (bi-mu)destitute of hair
Polish bezwłosy
- bezwłosydestitute of hair
Portuguese careca, calvo
- carecadestitute of hair
- calvodestitute of hair
- despeladodestitute of hair
Russian безволо́сый
- безволо́сый (bezvolósyj)destitute of hair
Spanish pelado, desvellado
- peladodestitute of hair
- desvelladodestitute of hair
- descueradodestitute of hair
- lampiñodestitute of hair
- viringodestitute of hair
- calatodestitute of hair
Tagalog kutipyo
- kutipyodestitute of hair
Turkish kılsız
- kılsızdestitute of hair
Ukrainian безволо́сий
- безволо́сий (bezvolósyj)destitute of hair
Welsh di-flew, llyfn
- di-flewdestitute of hair
- llyfndestitute of hair
- di-walltdestitute of hair
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hairless
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hairless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairless
MLA
“hairless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairless. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairless.
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